Re: Multiple PCI busses (WAS:Re: performance downgrade on PowerPC)

From: Michel Lanners (mlan@cpu.lu)
Date: Sat Jun 24 2000 - 01:32:09 EST


Hi all,

On 23 Jun, this message from Michael Schmitz echoed through cyberspace:
>> The ATI Mach64 LT Pro problem is not a hardware problem but a software problem:
>> incorrect/incomplete assignment of PCI resources by the firmware.
>
> Firmware means MacOS here?? As long as we can't use yaboot on the lombard
> (the comments on BenH's page suggest that) the effect is pretty much the
> same and a workaround is needed. The problem will affect only a subset of
> PowerMacs with the LT Pro though.

Yes, Broken^h^h^h^h^h^hOpenFirmware in this case. It's not the only
example, planb and control are assigned overlapping regions in the
7x00/8x00 as well. No hardware problem here neither; Linux gets it right
;-)

Michel

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